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Latest News in Telecommunications

  • September 08, 2026

    FCC Data Breach Reg Can't End-Run Congress, 6th Circ. Told

    Now that the Sixth Circuit has decided hold a full panel rehearing of its decision upholding the FCC's expanded data breach notification rules for telecommunications carriers, conservative legal groups are coming together to urge the appellate court to reject the Biden-era rule.

  • September 08, 2026

    Boulder Homeowners Seek TRO To Stop Cell Tower

    Two Boulder, Colorado, homeowners are hoping a state court will step in and grant them a temporary restraining order stopping the city from building a cell tower less than 40 feet from their front door, saying that the city ignored its own guidelines when approving the project.

  • September 08, 2026

    Qwest Seeks To End Legacy Copper Service In NM Area

    AT&T may be the biggest name trying to roll back its usage of legacy copper wires and the services that run on them, but it is far from the only one — CenturyLink has just asked the FCC for the green light to cut such services in part of New Mexico.

  • September 08, 2026

    Viewers Say ABC Self-Censorship Gives Them FCC Case

    Media advocates and TV viewers seeking to join ABC's lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission on Monday told a Washington, D.C., federal judge the network was wrong to argue they have no legally protected interest in the case, claiming they've been harmed by lost programming and altered guest bookings.

  • September 08, 2026

    FCC Could Revamp Enviro Regs Over Broadband Deployment

    The Federal Communications Commission will consider slashing the number of permit reviews required for thousands of broadband deployment projects under the National Environmental Policy Act.

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Telecommunications

Areas of Coverage

  • AGENCIES
  • Federal Communications Commission
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  • White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
  • National Telecommunications and Information Administration
  • State and local telecom regulators
  • POLICY & REGULATION
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  • Telecom lobbying
  • International telecom regulation and legislation
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  • FCC administrative proceedings
  • Merger reviews
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  • Consumer litigation and class actions
  • Privacy disputes, including government surveillance complaints and data breach suits
  • Intellectual property issues, including piracy actions
  • International trade suits
  • Fights over telecom regulatory limits
  • Labor and employment suits
  • Shareholder litigation
  • Bankruptcy proceedings
  • TRANSACTIONS
  • Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
  • Telecom infrastructure projects
  • Share buybacks and stock splits
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of telecommunications law practices

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